It's unclear if Egan had been interviewed on camera for the film. Amy Berg, who runs Disarming Films, received an Oscar nomination for her 2006 documentary "Deliver Us From Evil," about sex abuse allegations in the Catholic Church.

She also directed the Peter Jackson-produced recent West Memphis Three documentary "West of Memphis."

Berg, who has a feature film at the Tribeca Film Festival ("Every Secret Thing," written by Nicole Holofcener), could not be reached for comment on this report.

Egan, now 31, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in Hawaii federal court accusing Singer of sexually assaulting him multiple times in the late 1990s. Egan claims he was 15 years old when Singer forcibly raped him. He also alleged that Singer provided him with drugs and alcohol and flew him to Hawaii on more than one occasion in 1999 in return for promised movie roles. His suit claims battery, assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress and invasion of privacy by unreasonable intrusion, and it seeks unspecified damages.

"The claims made against Bryan Singer are completely without merit," the attorney said. "We are very confident that Bryan will be vindicated in this absurd and defamatory lawsuit. It is obvious that this case was filed in an attempt to get publicity at the time when Bryan's new movie ("X-Men: Days of Future Past") is about to open in a few weeks," he said.

But that hasn't stopped Singer from canceling two major upcoming appearances in support of his upcoming summer tentpole.

The "X-Men" director will skip this weekend's WonderCon in Anaheim and the upcoming Creativity Conference in Washington. Fox will be sending Simon Kinberg to WonderCon in Singer's place as the studio prepares for the movie's May 23 debut.

Singer, 48, was also supposed to join Vice President Joe Biden at the Creativity Conference on May 2 leading up to the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner.

ABC also pulled promos for its new drama "Black Box" that featured Singer's name, sources confirm. He serves as an exec producer for the series, which premieres next Thursday. The trailer for the show now indirectly references Singer as the executive producer of "House."

Fox spokesman Chris Petrikin, who distributed the "X-Men" films, said the allegations are a "personal matter."

"These are serious allegations and they will be resolved in the appropriate forum," he said in a statement. "This is a personal matter, which Bryan Singer and his representatives are addressing separately."

This isn't the first time Singer has been accused of acting inappropriately with underage males.

In 1997, a lawsuit was filed by several underage actors who claimed Singer asked them to film a shower scene in the nude while shooting his film, "Apt Pupil."

That suit was later dismissed for insufficient evidence.

At a news conference this week, Egan alleged that his mother first reported the allegations of sexual abuse to the Los Angeles Police Department and FBI in 2000 when he was 17 years old.

"It basically fell on deaf ears and I basically buried it deep within me" after that, he told reporters on Thursday.

"No one at a young age deserves to go through the horrific junk I went through," Egan said, comparing himself to a "piece of meat."

Cmdr. Andrew Smith, a spokesman for the LAPD, said that they were researching their records to see if they have a report from back then or what action was taken. But he said that they may not be able to release much information because in would have involved a juvenile.

Egan, who now resides in Nevada, said that the LAPD also informed the FBI, and recalled meeting with an agent from that bureau.

FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said that she was limited in commenting on any litigation and that the FBI "does not comment on information provided to agents about alleged crimes unless the claims become a matter of public record."

"However, the suggestion that the FBI ignored evidence involving the sexual victimization of a child is ludicrous," she added. "The FBI vigorously pursues all allegations involving the sexual abuse of minors and pursues prosecution when evidence of such crimes is brought to its attention."